#Lack of civic facilities in Karachi

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These Karachiites have a message for Sindh chief minister

Vehicles move past a graffiti, depicting the provincial chief executive with the message "Fix It!", near an uncovered drain hole along a road in Karachi, Pakistan. According to local media, a group of activists launched an idea to promote a campaign-project to draw the attention of authorities towards civic issues by art, by spray painting stenciled images of lawmakers with messages.

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How much money for which project in Karachi package?

How much money for which project in Karachi package? The Federal Minister said 

  ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister Asad Umar has given details about the How much money for which project in Karachi package on which the Rs 1100 billion package announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan for Karachi will be spent and how much it will cost. Federal Minister Asad Umar said that the Prime Minister has promised a big project in Karachi the Transformation Program, Rs 46 billion has been allocated for Karachi Greater Water Supply Project. According to Asad Umar, Rs 300 billion is earmark for Karachi Circular Railway Rs 5 billion has earmarked for Green Line BRT project. He said that similarly Rs 131 billion is for railway freight corridor project, Rs 254 billion for rehabilitation of two rivers and canals. Asad Umar said that total cost of these projects is estimate at Rs. 736 billion. The provincial government has expressed its desire to take responsibility for the KCR project but constitutionally the railways are the responsibility of the federation. The responsibility will be on the federation. The Federal Minister said that the aim was not to score political points, but to provide facilities to the people of Karachi. The source said Minister for Planning and Develop­ment Asad Umar had been holding meetings with the Pakistan Peoples Party-led Sindh government on transfer of power to the administrator of Karachi to resolve long-standing civic problems like choked drainage and sewerage system, poor waste disposal, upgradation of master plan of the metropolitan city and encroachments.

Meanwhile, Mr Umar held a separate meeting on the Karachi Circular Railway project to ensure its timely completion and start of work on its fourth phase on public-private partnership basis. The prime minister also chaired another meeting to review revision of the master plan of Islamabad and uplift schemes in the federal capital. Karachi Transformation Plan According to the Prime Minister Office, Mr Khan said the biggest problems in civic matters of Karachi was a lack of transfer of administrative powers to the gross-root level. “It is the need of the hour to shift control on water supply schemes, sewerage treatment and disposal, solid waste management and the building control authority from the provincial government to the city administrator or local government to address these problems in Karachi,” the prime was quoted as saying. He said unfortunately nobody had thought about the problems being faced by the people of Karachi in the past. The prime minister said that recent torrential rains in Karachi had not only exposed the pathetic administrative system but also created a number of problems for the people of the metropolitan city. from Blogger http://www.timesofpakistantoday.com/2020/09/how-much-money-for-which-project-in.html

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How much money for which project in Karachi package? The Federal Minister said 

  ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister Asad Umar has given details about the How much money for which project in Karachi package on which the Rs 1100 billion package announced by Prime Minister Imran Khan for Karachi will be spent and how much it will cost. Federal Minister Asad Umar said that the Prime Minister has promised a big project in Karachi the Transformation Program, Rs 46 billion has been allocated for Karachi Greater Water Supply Project. According to Asad Umar, Rs 300 billion is earmark for Karachi Circular Railway Rs 5 billion has earmarked for Green Line BRT project. He said that similarly Rs 131 billion is for railway freight corridor project, Rs 254 billion for rehabilitation of two rivers and canals. Asad Umar said that total cost of these projects is estimate at Rs. 736 billion. The provincial government has expressed its desire to take responsibility for the KCR project but constitutionally the railways are the responsibility of the federation. The responsibility will be on the federation. The Federal Minister said that the aim was not to score political points, but to provide facilities to the people of Karachi. The source said Minister for Planning and Develop­ment Asad Umar had been holding meetings with the Pakistan Peoples Party-led Sindh government on transfer of power to the administrator of Karachi to resolve long-standing civic problems like choked drainage and sewerage system, poor waste disposal, upgradation of master plan of the metropolitan city and encroachments.

Meanwhile, Mr Umar held a separate meeting on the Karachi Circular Railway project to ensure its timely completion and start of work on its fourth phase on public-private partnership basis. The prime minister also chaired another meeting to review revision of the master plan of Islamabad and uplift schemes in the federal capital. Karachi Transformation Plan According to the Prime Minister Office, Mr Khan said the biggest problems in civic matters of Karachi was a lack of transfer of administrative powers to the gross-root level. “It is the need of the hour to shift control on water supply schemes, sewerage treatment and disposal, solid waste management and the building control authority from the provincial government to the city administrator or local government to address these problems in Karachi,” the prime was quoted as saying. He said unfortunately nobody had thought about the problems being faced by the people of Karachi in the past. The prime minister said that recent torrential rains in Karachi had not only exposed the pathetic administrative system but also created a number of problems for the people of the metropolitan city.